GRE Word List

PANACEA

a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all

The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.

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WordMeaning
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
opprobriumsomething that brings disgrace
slougha place of deep mud or mire
outmodednot being in style
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)